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Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): A randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics and HIV contribute to the high global burden of TB. We investigated costs and yield from systematic HIV-TB screening, including computer-aided digital chest X-ray (DCXR-CAD). METHODS AND FINDINGS: In this open, three-arm randomised trial, adults (...

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Autores principales: MacPherson, Peter, Webb, Emily L., Kamchedzera, Wala, Joekes, Elizabeth, Mjoli, Gugu, Lalloo, David G., Divala, Titus H., Choko, Augustine T., Burke, Rachael M., Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy, Pai, Madhukar, Squire, S. Bertel, Nliwasa, Marriott, Corbett, Elizabeth L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34499665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003752